Elegant, stately two-story home in desirable Mission Bay has been remodeled beautifully. Custom kitchen has wood cabinets, granite and tumble marble. Also includes “wood” floors and luxurious master suite with sitting area plus lovely bathroom with roman tub. The HOA fee of $292 a month includes lawn care, cable, security and THE CLUB (swim, tennis and fitness center).”A” rated schools, Evert Tennis Academy, shopping, parks, great restaurants and Turnpike just minutes away!

Outstanding 4/2 pool home on sparkling lake lot! Top quality remodel has dream kitchen with wood cabinets, upgraded granite, tumble marble, pull-outs, pot drawers and stainless steel appliances. Also includes remodeled bathrooms, hurricane windows and French doors. Heated pool with waterfalls.  The low HOA fee of $302 a quarter includes parks, jogging/bike trails, ball fields, fishing lakes, common area, tennis and roving security.  Do not miss this one!!

Beautiful 3/2 pool home on quiet culdesac street with huge fenced backyard. Top quality remodel includes new kitchen, roof, bathrooms, wood floors, summer kitchen, pavered patio & walkway. French doors and windows are all hurricane protected. Loggers’ Run has private parks, ball fields, fishing lake, jogging/bike trails plus 24 hour roving security all included in the LOW HOA fee.

Immaculate 3/2.5 pool home with many upgrades! This wonderful and cozy home includes: custom pool with waterfall, spacious eat-in kitchen, stone look tile, wood floors, elegant master suite with roman tub and much more! Enjoy community pool, tennis, fitness center, clubhouse and cable, all included in the low quarterly fee of $538. This gated community also provides lawn care, landscaping and sprinkler maintenance.

Beautifully updated 4/2 pool home on private, oversized fenced lot! Remodeled kitchen includes wood cabinets, tile backsplash plus extra

built-in China cabinet. Updated master bathroom has stone look tile and new vanities with raised panel cabinets. New/newer A/C, water heater, some appliances and roof. This home also includes hurricane shutters. Loggers’ Run has private parks, ball fields, fishing lake, jogging/bike trails plus 24 hour roving security all included in the LOW HOA fee, just $302 a quarter.

You’ll love this well maintained 4/2.5 on private culdesac lake lot with heated pool. Beautifully remodeled kitchen and master bathroom. This charming home also includes newer “S” tile roof, circular driveway, hurricane shutters and 40’ covered porch perfect for three-way water views. This 24 hour gated community includes tennis, bike/jogging paths, neighborhood parks and ballfields.

Beautiful 4/2 pool home with magnificent upgrades on private culdesac street. Dream kitchen has granite and tumbled marble. Designer built-ins are in family room, dining room and office. Marble floors are throughout the first floor. The house also has lovely window treatments and fixtures. This 24 hour gated community offers swimming, tennis and fitness without the Country Club fees. HOA fee of $1,600 a quarter includes lawn, cable, security and recreation.

Beautifully updated 4/2 pool home on quiet street in desirable Boca Winds. Dream kitchen has wood cabinets, granite, tumble marble and stainless steel appliances. Laminate floors throughout. New A/C, roof, impact windows and doors within the last three years. HOA fee includes community pool, tennis, clubhouse, play areas, cable and recreational facilities. “A” rated schools.

NOT A SHORT SALE! WILL GO VERY FAST! WELL MAINTAINED, CLEAN 2/2 W/ OPEN BALCONY. SPLIT FLOOR PLAN. WOOD IN LIVING AREA, CARPET IN BEDROOMS. WHITE KITCHEN. WASHER & DRYER IN THE UNIT. AMAZING, GATED COMMUNITY WITH SO MANY AMENITIES!!!

SPACIOUS CORNER APT ON TOP FLOOR W/ BREATHTAKING INTRACOASTAL VIEWS! TILED THROUGHOUT. BRIGHT KITCHEN. HUGE PATIO OVERLOOKING THE WATER, BOATS & MILLION DOLLAR HOMES. WALK TO BEACH. HEATED POOL & BBQ AREA W/ SPECTACULAR VIEWS!

Home prices are one factor in determining your cost of ownership, but so are interest rates and financing availability.  Even though interest rates have gone up in the last six months, they are still near historic lows.  Since your monthly mortgage payment is a combination of paying down your principal and paying the interest owed, if home prices come down a little further but interest rates go up, it could cost you even more to service a mortgage on an identical home!

While a home is a major investment, it is also the center of your personal life.  It’s important to live in a home that reflects your taste and values, yet is within your financial “comfort zone.”  To that end, it may be more important to lock in today’s relatively low interest rates and low home prices, rather than to hope for a further break in prices in the future.

Please give the BassGroup a call if we can be of any assistance in determining how much home you can afford in today’s market.

Within the past few months we’ve seen a large amount of economic news that has not been kind to most of us. We’ve seen wild swings in the stock market, a government that continues to chase the snowball downhill and one that will continue to do what it can until it somehow gets in-front of the market once again. We’ve seen mortgage rates go up, come down, go up and come down once again. However, rates have continued to sit between 5-6% for a while now, which in anyones book is a great rate. We’ve seen international markets, and entire countries, struggle with the same issues we have here in the US. All of this has served to keep many real estate investors sitting on the sidelines while waiting to see how low it will all go.

The reality is that you can’t time the market. Very few people have ever had great success at doing just that. Most of the time you either miss the peak and start buying and/or selling on the way down, or you miss the bottom of the market and jump back in as prices start to increase. Real estate runs in cycles. In South Florida we’ve been blessed to miss a lot of the highs and lows seen in other parts of the country over the years. The real goal for investors is in buying real estate that makes sense of the long term. The markets will rise again and the motivation and flexibility that sellers afford buyers today will be long gone and real estate will once again regain its good name as being the best long term investment available.

Now I’m not talking about the speculators that drove the frenzied markets of 2000 to 2005. What I’m talking about is the investor that sees the sense in buying a piece of property that with 20 -30% down payment will positive cash flow and over the years will provide them with equity build up and excellent tax benefits in addition to appreciation. The appreciation will return positive…. so this market gives you the best chance to optimize all the factors of investing in real estate.

Although many investors, ourselves included, have been hurt to varying degrees by the turnaround in real estate values, it does not change the fact that today’s market represents one of the most incredible opportunities to make money buying and holding real estate. There are some “buys” out there that are simply incredible. Whether you buy a “short sale” or a foreclosed property, or one that is just a great value from a seller that has to move, there are properties that easily meet all the criteria above.

In the past few weeks we have once again been involved with purchases that had multiple offers. Yes… you read that correctly! When a property is priced well (under market value) and is seen as a good opportunity it does not last long and draws the attention of buyers and investors. As we tell our sellers “You’re in a price war and a beauty contest”. For the sellers that want to win that contest they have to be priced well and be in good condition. For investors it a great time to take advantage of this market.

Contact Gail to find out what some of the great buys in today’s market are!